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Preview of Readers Theater: California Gold Rush

Readers Theater: California Gold Rush

Wagons, Ho! is a Readers Theater script on the California Gold Rush. Perfect for grades 3 through 8, it can be used with a small group or with the entire classroom. It shows the journey the wagon trains took from Independence, Missouri to Sutter's Fort and then on to Angel's Camp in 1849 during the California Gold Rush. This script also contains three folk songs for students to sing during the play. American history comes alive for your students as they join a wagon train and head west in their
Preview of 42 Habitat Mini-books

42 Habitat Mini-books

42 Habitat Mini-Books (Animals and Their Habitats)Engaging and fun mini-books provide informational text for little learners to read when studying the habitats of the world. These mini-books feature animals in 7 habitats of the world: Forest Pond Desert Grassland Ocean Antarctic Arctic Each habitat includes 6 mini-books all about the animals that live in that habitat. The animal mini-books in each of these habitats include: Forest: Grey Squirrel, Raccoon, Owl, Whitetail Deer, Fox, Bear Pond: Dr
Preview of Word Family -all Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Word Family -all Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Games make learning fun. These simple board games make learning to read fun and exciting! Each board game in the PHONICS MERRY-GO-ROUND series focuses on one key learning concept. Students can play the game over and over again and go round and round like a merry-go-round on their journey building confidence and success as a reader. To play the game, 2 or 3 students choose small markers to use such as manipulatives or small toys. They place their markers on the START space, then take turns tossi
Preview of Readers Theater: John and Abigail Adams Move into the White House

Readers Theater: John and Abigail Adams Move into the White House

Join President John Adams, his wife Abigail, and their granddaughter Susan in the fall of 1800 when they become the first occupants to move into the White House! Perfect for grades 4 and up, this script can be used with a small group or with the entire classroom. It portrays a look into what life was like in the early days of our nation and includes actual quotes from letters written by John and Abigail themselves. History comes alive with this script. It's a great activity to use on President’s
Preview of Let Freedom Ring! A Reader's Theater Script on the Declaration of Independence

Let Freedom Ring! A Reader's Theater Script on the Declaration of Independence

Let Freedom Ring is a reader's theater script on the Declaration of Independence. Perfect for grades 3 through 8, it can be used with a small group or with the entire classroom. Let Freedom Ring! shows a family who lives in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and follows two children who hear the Declaration of Independence read aloud to the colonists for the very first time. The children then volunteer to take a copy of the Declaration of Independence and deliver it to General George
Preview of Yo Ho Ho! A Pirate Unit with Tons of Fun

Yo Ho Ho! A Pirate Unit with Tons of Fun

Ahoy Mateys! YO HO HO! A PIRATE UNIT WITH TONS OF FUN is chock full of learning fun for yer little pirates. I tried to give you lots of options and original content for the unique needs in yer own classroom. Some of the featured activities include: Posters: Full-color pirate-themed posters to display in your classroom including 10 adorable pirate kids to put on do-it-yourself banners you make and hang along the walls. A pirate frog poster to display in your reading center or classroom library t
Preview of Word Family Phonics Merry-Go-Round Games A First 10-pack

Word Family Phonics Merry-Go-Round Games A First 10-pack

This 10-pack of games features these word families: -ale -all -ar -at -ee -ick -og -uck -ug -un Games make learning fun. These simple board games make learning to read fun and exciting! Each board game in the PHONICS MERRY-GO-ROUND series focuses on one key learning concept. Students can play the game over and over again and go round and round like a merry-go-round on their journey building confidence and success as a reader. Collect them all! Look in our store for:Word Family Phonics Merry-Go-R
Preview of Word Family -ale Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Word Family -ale Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Games make learning fun. These simple board games make learning to read fun and exciting! Each board game in the PHONICS MERRY-GO-ROUND series focuses on one key learning concept. Students can play the game over and over again and go round and round like a merry-go-round on their journey building confidence and success as a reader. To play the game, 2 or 3 students choose small markers to use such as manipulatives or small toys. They place their markers on the START space, then take turns tossi
Preview of Word Family -ee Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Word Family -ee Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Games make learning fun. These simple board games make learning to read fun and exciting! Each board game in the PHONICS MERRY-GO-ROUND series focuses on one key learning concept. Students can play the game over and over again and go round and round like a merry-go-round on their journey building confidence and success as a reader. To play the game, 2 or 3 students choose small markers to use such as manipulatives or small toys. They place their markers on the START space, then take turns tossi
Preview of Word Family -ug Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Word Family -ug Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Games make learning fun. These simple board games make learning to read fun and exciting! Each board game in the PHONICS MERRY-GO-ROUND series focuses on one key learning concept. Students can play the game over and over again and go round and round like a merry-go-round on their journey building confidence and success as a reader. To play the game, 2 or 3 students choose small markers to use such as manipulatives or small toys. They place their markers on the START space, then take turns tossi
Preview of Puffy the Train: Learning Colors Bundle

Puffy the Train: Learning Colors Bundle

Young learners will have fun learning to read and write color vocabulary words with their favorite trains, Puffy the Train and Friends! This bundle includes everything you need to help students learn, practice, and improve skills for reading high-frequency color words by sight. Perfect for Back-to-School, literacy centers, or any time of the year your littles are learning their colors. Entertaining as well as educational! What's Included? Puffy the Train: LEARNING COLORS: 12 Learn-to-Read Min
Preview of Word Family -ick Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Word Family -ick Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Games make learning fun. These simple board games make learning to read fun and exciting! Each board game in the PHONICS MERRY-GO-ROUND series focuses on one key learning concept. Students can play the game over and over again and go round and round like a merry-go-round on their journey building confidence and success as a reader. To play the game, 2 or 3 students choose small markers to use such as manipulatives or small toys. They place their markers on the START space, then take turns tossi
Preview of Word Family Phonics Merry-Go-Round Games A Second 10-pack

Word Family Phonics Merry-Go-Round Games A Second 10-pack

This 10-pack of games features these word families: -ain -ap -ay -ea -eet -ig -ip -ock -ow -um Games make learning fun. These simple board games make learning to read fun and exciting! Each board game in the PHONICS MERRY-GO-ROUND series focuses on one key learning concept. Students can play the game over and over again and go round and round like a merry-go-round on their journey building confidence and success as a reader. Collect them all! Look in our store for:Word Family Phonics Merry-Go-Ro
Preview of The Bike Ride: A Reader's Theater Play that Teaches Word Families -ee and -ike

The Bike Ride: A Reader's Theater Play that Teaches Word Families -ee and -ike

This Readers Theater script helps students develop reading fluency using Dolch sight words and words in the word families –ee and –ike. This is a 6 page script that takes 10-15 minutes to read aloud. It can be read by 2 students or an entire class divided into 2 parts. This product also includes 2 pages of word cards featuring words from the –ee and –ike word families that can be cut apart and used on a word wall or pocket chart. There are also 4 worksheets included that feature words from the s
Preview of Word Family -ar Phonics Merry-G-Round Game

Word Family -ar Phonics Merry-G-Round Game

Games make learning fun. These simple board games make learning to read fun and exciting! Each board game in the PHONICS MERRY-GO-ROUND series focuses on one key learning concept. Students can play the game over and over again and go round and round like a merry-go-round on their journey building confidence and success as a reader. To play the game, 2 or 3 students choose small markers to use such as manipulatives or small toys. They place their markers on the START space, then take turns tossi
Preview of Word Family Phonics Merry-Go-Round Games A Third 10-pack

Word Family Phonics Merry-Go-Round Games A Third 10-pack

This 10-pack of games features these word families: -ab -ack -eck -ell -ice -in -ook -ox -ump -unk Games make learning fun. These simple board games make learning to read fun and exciting! Each board game in the PHONICS MERRY-GO-ROUND series focuses on one key learning concept. Students can play the game over and over again and go round and round like a merry-go-round on their journey building confidence and success as a reader. Collect them all! Look in our store for:Word Family Phonics Merry-G
Preview of Word Family -uck Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Word Family -uck Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Games make learning fun. These simple board games make learning to read fun and exciting! Each board game in the PHONICS MERRY-GO-ROUND series focuses on one key learning concept. Students can play the game over and over again and go round and round like a merry-go-round on their journey building confidence and success as a reader. To play the game, 2 or 3 students choose small markers to use such as manipulatives or small toys. They place their markers on the START space, then take turns tossi
Preview of Word Family -og Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Word Family -og Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Games make learning fun. These simple board games make learning to read fun and exciting! Each board game in the PHONICS MERRY-GO-ROUND series focuses on one key learning concept. Students can play the game over and over again and go round and round like a merry-go-round on their journey building confidence and success as a reader. To play the game, 2 or 3 students choose small markers to use such as manipulatives or small toys. They place their markers on the START space, then take turns tossi
Preview of Frederick Douglass for Kids Black Abolitionists Worksheet

Frederick Douglass for Kids Black Abolitionists Worksheet

This file contains a 1-page worksheet for use when teaching in your classroom with the trade book, FREDERICK DOUGLASS FOR KIDS: HIS LIFE AND TIMES WITH 21 ACTIVITIES. This worksheet helps students identify the names of famous black abolitionists and match each name with his or her short description. Useful for upper elementary grades as well as middle school and highschool classes that are studying Frederick Douglass, abolitionists, the Civil War, or civil rights. Here is the answer key to this
Preview of Word Family -un Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Word Family -un Phonics Merry-Go-Round Game

Games make learning fun. These simple board games make learning to read fun and exciting! Each board game in the PHONICS MERRY-GO-ROUND series focuses on one key learning concept. Students can play the game over and over again and go round and round like a merry-go-round on their journey building confidence and success as a reader. To play the game, 2 or 3 students choose small markers to use such as manipulatives or small toys. They place their markers on the START space, then take turns tossi
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About the store

Experience

32 years as an elementary school teacher

Teaching style

Hands-on approach using concrete examples that relate to real world applications.

Awards & shining teacher moments

I teach at Fairmont Elementary School, a California Distinguished School and National Blue Ribbon School.

Additional biographical information

My wife, children's author Nancy I. Sanders, and I have co-written four books for teachers together. She has also written over 100 books for children, many of them for teachers to use in the classroom. Here at TpT in our store you'll find items that I've written and lots that Nancy has written as well. Please visit our blog at www.TeacherPlusWriter.wordpress.com. Our son Ben is a high school Physics and Chemistry teacher. He creates educational card games and other products, which can also be seen featured in our TpT store.